Shy and secretive; keeps to dense forest in lower conifer and
mixed forest zone, or bamboo forests and scrub on steep slopes. Varied
diet includes fern shoots, berries, flower buds, and insects. The nest is
made of bamboo stalks and dry leaves on the trunk or in branches of a
fallen tree, or on the ground. Clutch size; 5–10 eggs; incubation 28
days.

Mikado Pheasant is considered Near-threatened. Heavy hunting
pressure was a problem for it in the past. Declining outside of protected
areas due to habitat loss, but its high-altitude habitats are relatively
secure.

Local common names include: black pheasant, long black-tailed
pheasant, sea pheasant, king of the mist.

References: Endemic
Species of Taiwan, compiled
by Greenland Ecology
Conservation Association of R.O.C.